Texas Business Law Attorneys
Legal issues are a fact of business life. They can occur at any time. The one constant – when a legal issue pops up it needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Major corporations, of course, have internal law firms that are there to handle every issue as they occur. For companies that aren’t headed for the Fortune 500, however, that’s not practicable.
What is more than practicable, though, is having a smart, nimble law firm a text or phone call away that will respond to your every need. Hopkins Centrich, The Woodlands premier business law firm, has been the law business law firm for medium-sized companies and closely held businesses.
Over the years we have been the law firm for a variety of privately-owned companies from tech to software developers, healthcare providers, architectural firms, real estate developers, retailers, restaurants, breweries, CPA firms, and others. Hopkins Centrich has been the “ go-to” legal advisor to start-up ventures and more mature closely held and family-owned businesses, and national enterprises for over two decades.
Business Law Issues
It’s virtually impossible to compile a comprehensive list of business law issues. The word ‘issues’ isn’t entirely accurate or apropos, either, as business law also encompasses designing and advising companies from the inception of an idea to the sale, merger, or transfer of a successful business decades down the road.
Here are some of the main issues that arise in business law:
Formation - What are the best options for forming a new company? What agreements are needed? What licenses and filings need to be made?
Contract disputes - Disagreements over the terms, conditions, breach, enforcement, and interpretation of business contracts.
Labor and employment issues - Matters related to worker classification, wages, discrimination, wrongful termination, OSHA regulations, unions, etc.
Intellectual property rights - Trademark, copyright, patent, and trade secret protections and infringements.
Corporate governance - Rights, duties, and decision-making authority within a corporation. Compliance with regulations.
Real estate and zoning - Issues acquiring property, leasing, land use regulations, permitting, easements, title defects, etc.
Taxation - Corporate income taxation, employment taxes, sales tax compliance, tax incentives, and planning.
Securities regulation - Compliance with SEC regulations and avoidance of insider trading or other securities fraud.
Antitrust concerns - Anticompetitive business conduct like price fixing, monopolies, and anti-consumer practices.
International trade - Navigating import/export controls, customs requirements, foreign business establishment, and multinational commerce.
Bankruptcy and restructuring - Corporate reorganization or liquidation under Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws.
Mergers and acquisitions - Business entity consolidation and acquisition of companies, including related tax and governance implications.
Regulatory compliance - Privacy, environmental regulations, industry-specific regulations, licensing, and government contracting.
Hopkins Centrich, Your Business Attorneys
Hopkins Centrich is a full service business law firm that handles all business-related law issues (as well as the occasional compliance issue) officer for a variety of privately owned companies, tech firms, healthcare providers, architectural firms, among many others . . . as well as advisor to start-up ventures.
Our services are too wide ranging and involve too many areas of the law to sum up in a few sentences. And, once we start using examples the discussion tends to then focus too much on one area of the law at the expense of others – all of which can and probably will pop up over the course of any business life.
Here, however, are some of the typical duties and responsibilities of a business law firm practicing in Texas:
Advise clients on formation and structuring of business entities like LLCs, corporations, partnerships to fit their needs under Texas law.
Draft and review contracts and agreements under Texas law including employment, vendor, commercial leases, merger, sales, joint venture agreements.
Ensure client's business operations, contracts, and policies comply with Texas and federal regulations across areas like employment, consumer protection, tax, etc.
Guide clients through processes like obtaining licenses and permits from Texas agencies that regulate their industry or business activities.
Handle litigation matters on behalf of business clients before Texas state and federal courts.
Protect intellectual property rights of Texas businesses by securing trademarks, patents, and copyrights.
Provide counsel on Texas-centric business issues like franchise regulations, export/import controls, insurance requirements.
Advise clients on M&A transactions, securities issuance, venture financing and other business transactions under Texas corporate law.
Conduct legal due diligence reviews for business activities in Texas including real estate purchases, new locations, and investments.
Counsel clients on development incentives, grant opportunities, and tax programs offered in Texas.
Draft and review real estate purchase and leasing documents, conveyances, and rights assignment.
About Hopkins Centrich
Hopkins Centrich PLLC provides cutting-edge, high-quality, creative legal solutions for business and business owners in Texas.
Our attorneys and staff have decades of experience in virtually every aspect of business law in The Woodlands and Texas. We have designed and incorporated businesses, managed their every legal concern, engaged in litigation on their behalf, aided with mergers and acquisitions, managed mergers, acquisitions, and sales.
Hopkins Centrich knows Texas business law. We are uniquely positioned to help business owners from startup to merger or sale or transfer to family members.
When we work with a client, our sole focus is on them. We take advantage of everything technology has to offer to optimize how we work. That gives us more time to spend with you, more time to understand the issues, and more time to negotiate and prepare for trial.
We get that no one wants to contact a law firm unless they feel they absolutely have to. When they do, it almost always means that ‘things have reached a head.’
The attorneys and staff of Hopkins Centrich understand business. We understand business owners. We will make any legal process understandable; you will know what is happening with your case every step of the way, and you will never have to track us down for answers.
How We Work
Hopkins Centrich is a team with a deep bench. All our attorneys have extensive litigation experience which they fully use when called for.
Hopkins Centrich’s attorneys all have ‘big firm’ backgrounds. They formed our firm with the goal of keeping the best of those firms while employing far more personal experience for our clients.
We do this by using technology to its fullest. We will make use of every cutting edge legal and business technology and methodologies to ensure that we will continue to deliver the highest quality legal services to our clients while allowing us to respond promptly and efficiently to client needs, exceed project requirements, operate effortlessly with narrow timeframes, and develop innovative and flexible legal solutions at competitive fees.
We are creative. We are agile. We quickly adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, including changes in the law.
Our vision statement may sum it up best. We will deliver highly skilled, ethical, and aggressive legal representation to every client by:
Responding promptly to our clients’ needs;
Anticipating business and legal trends that may affect our clients;
Managing our clients’ matters in an efficient, caring, and proactive manner;
Communicating regularly and clearly with our clients